The Middle Room Issue #1
Welcome to The Middle Room. In this monthly zine you will find a number of articles, visuals, and personal writings meant to entertain, inform, and inspire. Enjoy your stay.
Welcome to The Middle Room. In this monthly zine you will find a number of articles, visuals, and personal writings meant to entertain, inform, and inspire. Enjoy your stay.
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PHAM RECORDING HIS “WHAT DOES CONXFORM<br />
MEAN TO YOU?” SEGMENT.<br />
TIME: 9:07 PM<br />
DATE: JANUARY 10, 2021<br />
LOCATION: SOMEWHERE IN LOUISIANA<br />
Coming from a small<br />
town about 60 miles<br />
southwest of New<br />
Orleans, Pham, AKA<br />
S0Phamish, is a force<br />
to be reckoned with<br />
in the dance world.<br />
Raised in a city that<br />
lacks diversity, when<br />
someone breaks the<br />
mold, it’s without a<br />
doubt noticed. Being<br />
a first generation<br />
Vietnamese American<br />
would be considered<br />
enough to stick out<br />
like a sore thumb, but<br />
wearing his Yeezy<br />
boots, a bandana<br />
printed puffer jacket,<br />
and a heart patch in<br />
his head, all while<br />
gliding across the floor<br />
with his signature<br />
B-boy movements,<br />
Pham is an anomaly<br />
in his hometown, to<br />
say the least.<br />
It all started when his<br />
older cousins started<br />
dancing and Pham<br />
quickly followed suit.<br />
At age 11, he found<br />
inspirations from<br />
YouTube. He started<br />
to shadow dancers<br />
like Mr. Wiggles and<br />
quickly discovered<br />
dance was his calling.<br />
Now almost 20<br />
years later, at age 30,<br />
Pham is living out<br />
his dreams, and then<br />
some.<br />
He has almost 30,000<br />
followers on social<br />
media. He has been<br />
reposted by and/<br />
or collaborated with<br />
artists like Chris<br />
Brown, Wale, Lil<br />
Wayne, Dani Leigh,<br />
Casanova and Blue<br />
Face, just to name a<br />
few. He has been featured<br />
in music videos,<br />
nationally televised<br />
commercials and<br />
has even appeared<br />
on television’s “So<br />
You Think You Can<br />
Dance” and “America’s<br />
Got Talent.”<br />
Not only is he known<br />
for his bone chilling<br />
dancing, Pham is a<br />
self-proclaimed sneakerhead<br />
whose fashion<br />
flair calls for him to<br />
“like the finer things<br />
in life.”<br />
We invited Pham into<br />
the <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Room</strong> to<br />
talk dance, fashion,<br />
insecurities and all<br />
things in between.<br />
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